Spray mop and the like



A ril 8 1924. 1,489,862

S. TOY

SPRAY MOP AND THE LIKE Filed SeDc. 30. 1921 ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 8, i924.

SAMUEL TOY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPRAY MOP AND THE LIKE.

Application filed September 30, 1921. Serial No. 504,360.

1c thereof.

My invention relates to a fountain or.

spray mop device and has for its object to provide a simpl'e,,inexpensive and reliable device which may be attached to a flexible i hose, rubber tubing or the like and coupled with a water supply for discharging water therethrough or for keeping the mop thereof wet for washing and cleaning purposes. The device is further designed to carry soap therein, which is sprayed on in the device for discharging soapy water through the mop of the device, thus rendering the device especially useful for bathtub, automobile, window, floo or dish washing as well as for toilet and other household purposes as may be understood from the particular nature of the device.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be gathered from the description following herein and considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein the invention is shown embodied. The terms employed herein are used in the generic sense to designate the elements intended as terms of limitation.

In order to illustrate my invention I have shown the same employed with a trunked flexible tubing, coupled with the hot and cold water faucets of an ordinary bathtub, in which application the device may be used both for toilet and bathtub cleaning purpose.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1, represents a schematic view showing the device employed with a bathtub;

Fig. 2, represents a longitudinal, vertical section view taken through the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 8, represents a sectional view taken on line 3-3 on Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, represents a View taken on line la of Fig. 2 showing the soap pocket of the device;

Fig. 5, represents an enlarged portion of the view shown in Fig. 2 showing the illustrated, and are therefore not primarily spray action against the soap and through the mop of the device;

Fig. 6 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 66 on Fig. 2; and

Fig. 7, represents a sectional view taken on line 77 on Fig. 5.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing. V

The letter a represents an ordinary bathtub which is shown provided with the usual set of hot and cold water faucets b to which is shown coupled the trunked flexible pipe or tubing c, the free end d of which engages with the spray pipe nipple e of the device.

The letter f represents the back memher or frame member of the device which is preferably provided with the depressed gridironed or perforated section g which forms a pocket or recess for receiving the soap h therein as shown in the drawing. Said back member f is also preferably provided with the flange 71 shown in Fig. 3 and carries secured thereto in any suitable manner the spray pipe j which preferably encircles the recessed perforated soap pocket g, as Fig. 4 indicates; said spray pipe being perforated with the spray outlets is which discharge the water against the soap h deposited in the device and against the sponge or mop Z which is held therein.

The back member 7" on the top thereof is provided with the cap on which is preferably hinged at 12, Figs. 1 and 2, to the back member f and provided with the flat flange 0 which when the cap is closed over the soap it sets adjacent to the back member f as the drawing indicates. To clamp said cap into the closed position with the back member f the trigger p is provided on the back member as shown in Fig. 5 and is riveted to the back-plate in a manner which permits it to be moved about the rivet g as a pivot which then enables the trigger p to be engaged with or disengaged from the flange 0 of the soap cap m of the device, as Fig. 4 indicates.

The letter 7 represents a rim plate which is adapted to be fitted tightly to the flange 2' of the back member f for being disengagedly coupled therewith and is preferably provided with the sponge or mop engaging clips 8 at the bottom thereof,

which engage and carry the sponge or mop Z as the drawing shows.

Having thus described the parts of my invention in detail, it will be observed that the device is simple in construction and may be made up neatly to provide a handy and useful household accessory which is applicable to a vast variety of uses and purposes; that the same will receive water therein and discharge it through the sponge or mop while the operator is performing the washing orrubbing operation therewith; that as and when it is desired or found necessary to use a soapy liquid by placing a piece of soap in the soap pocket the water received in the spray p-ipe j of the device will spray against th soap and thus yield a soapy discharge through the mop or sponge associated with the device; that the device may be readily coupled with or uncoupled from a flexible hose or tubing whichconducts the water thereto; that the sponge may be the ordinaryrubber sponge sold on the market or may be a mop made from cloth or Waste; and finally that the device may be used as a dry mop when occasion requires it by merely cutting off the water supply therefrom and supplying a dry sponge or mop in the device.

lVhile the preferred embodiments of my invention have been described in detail, it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction set forth, since various changes in the form,

material, proportions, and in the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or destroying any of the advantages contained in the same, heretofore described and defined in the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A spray mop comp-rising a back member having an annular downturned flange, said backing having an integral depressed perforated portion within the annular flange constituting a soap receiving pocket, a cover for said pocket, a mop holding member removably secured to said flange, a mop element removably secured to said holding member, and an annular perforated spray pipe surrounding said pocket for discharging water into said pocket and through said mop.

2. In a device of the character described, a back member having a depressed perforated portion constituting a soap receiving pocket, a cover for said pocket, means for securing a mop to said frame member, and an annular perforated spray devicev surrounding said soap receiving pocket for discharging water into said pocket and for wetting the mop.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature this twenty-eighth day of September, 1921.

SALEUEL TOY. 

